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“ Die slowly

He who becomes the slave of habit,

who follows the same routes every day,
who never changes pace,
who does not risk and change the color
of his clothes,
who does not speak and does not
experience,
dies slowly.

He or she who shuns passion,

who prefers black on white,
dotting ones "it’s" rather than a bundle
of emotions, the kind that make your
eyes glimmer,
that turn a yawn into a smile,
that make the heart pound in the face
of mistakes and feelings,
dies slowly.

He or she who does not turn things

topsy-turvy,
who is unhappy at work,
who does not risk certainty for
uncertainty,
to thus follow a dream,
those who do not forego sound advice
at least once in their lives,
die slowly.

He who does not travel, who does not

read,
who does not listen to music,
who does not find grace in himself,
she who does not find grace in herself,
dies slowly.

He who slowly destroys his own self-

esteem,
who does not allow himself to be
helped,
who spends days on end complaining
about his own bad luck, about the rain
that never stops,
dies slowly.

He or she who abandon a project

before starting it, who fail to ask
questions on subjects he doesn't know,
he or she who don't reply when they
are asked something they do know,
die slowly.

Let's try and avoid death in small

doses,
reminding oneself that being alive
requires an effort far greater than the
simple fact of breathing.

Only a burning patience will lead

to the attainment of a splendid
happiness.
Martha Medeiros
Tags: life-philosophy, lifestyle, monotony

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